Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24078, John Drake, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Drake, John Molly
N. 24878.
CONTENTS

18.567 Maine
John Drake a Soldier in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Barr of the Regt. commanded by Col. Dany in the Mass. 2 nd ma. line for 12 mos 26 ds.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 42 Dollars 86 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Sept 1833 and sent to J. F. Brown  Bucksfield
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1833. $ 107.15 Semiannual allowance ending 24 March 34 - 21.43
$ 128.58
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book 6 Vol. 1 Page 12

Maine - 3054
Nelly Crake, widow of John Crake
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June '31. and who died on the 18 th Feby. 1834 of Infancy in the State of Maine who was a P.W. in the Company commanded by Captain Burr of the Reg t commanded by Carey in the Main line line for 12 mos 4 dys
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 40 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of June '39, and sealed Samuel J. Brown Bucksfield, Me
Arrears to the 14th of Mar. - $ 121.32 Semi-annual allowance ending 20.22 $ 141.54
{ Act July 7, } 1838.
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk, Book A Vol. 1 Page 7

8626 John Drake
April 9 th 1883
Chf 16. 8626.
P. 325
admit-
12 mo's 26 days
Private
 40 00  2 86   112 86  85 72   21 43  107 15  
S. F. Brown Esq. Kennebec Bucksport, Me

BRIEF in the case of John Drexler  of Sumner in the State of Maine  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     December In 1775 1 12 Private Gen. Col d Barr   January 76 3 Col d Coary   June 77 6 Col d Robinson    do not recollect the year but think it was in the month of March that he enlisted with Capt. Washburn I served two weeks
5. In what battles was he engaged? June 26
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Briarwater Massachusetts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Cutts Examining Clerk.

H295
Drake
Me
act 7. July 38
m 82. a 34
adm
adm
12 mo, 40, pr
$40:44
No deduction
Sam F. Brown Bucksfield Me

State of Maine.
COUNTY OF Oxford ss.
On this nineteenth day of December A.D. 1838 personally appeared me Stephen Emery Judge of the Court of Probate for said County at a special sitting held at Paris in said County.
Molly Drake a resident of Paris in the County of Oxford and State or District of Maine, aged Seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of John Drake who was a soldier of the Revolution and served in the American Army, as she has good reason to believe John Drake, for more than twelve months and was honorably discharged; for the evidence of which, she refers to documents on file in the Pension Office, on which was granted to said Drake, his pension, under the Act of Congress of June the 7. 1832; the Certificate of which, having been returned to the Department, it is not in her power to give its number.
She further declares, that she was married to the said John Drake on the fourth day of April in the year seventeen hundred and eighty two and that her husband, the aforesaid John Drake, died on the eighteenth day of February A.D. 1834, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-four, viz: at the time above stated.
Witness S. Emery
Molly X Drake mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written:
Before
Stephen Emery - Judge

State of Maine.
Oxford ss. I Levi Stowell Register of the Court of the Court of Probate in & for said County hereby certify that Stephen Emery before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is Judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid. I also certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Molly Drake for a Pension.
I also further certify that Samuel H. Brown, whose proper & genuine signature is affixed to the accompanying Deposition is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County and full faith and credit are due to his acts as such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this nineteenth day of December A. D. 1835.
Levi Stowell

I Thaddeus Thompson of Sumner, in the county of Oxford, State of Maine, aged 45 years, testify say that I am well acquainted with Molly Drake, whose name is on the opposite page of this sheet & who is about to apply for a pension to the Government of the U.S.; and that I well knew her to be the widow of John Drake, late of said Sumner, deceased, with whom I was also well acquainted. Said John Drake, according to my best recollection, died in said Sumner, in the month of February 1834. He then had lived about three miles from me. Since then his widow has, for most of the time, lived & now lives, about one mile from me. The said late husband, had been, for several years, a Pensioner of the United States.
Thaddeus Thompson
State of Maine
Oxford, November 23. 1839. Then the above named Thaddeus Thompson, to me well known as a man of truth, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit in his presence before me.
Samuel Brown Justice of the Peace

John Drake application 8626

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford ss.
ON this 28 th day of August A. D. 183 7 , personally appeared in open Court, before the Rev. J. D. Dinsmore now sitting, John Drake a resident of Sumner in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, aged 74 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he enlisted into
the service, at Bridgewater in Massachusetts, in the month of December 1775, into a Company commanded by Capt Ephraim Bure, of Eastern Mass, for the term of six weeks and marched to Dorchester, near Boston and did duty at Dorchester Point, being stationed not far from Dorchester Neck. He served the six weeks through & was discharged. This enlistment of men I understood was ordered in consequence of the expiration of the term of the first eight months men & the year men not having been recruited. I do not remember the name of the Col. under whom I served that short time, nor do I now recollect any man that served with me at that time. After this, I enlisted, at said Bridgewater, in the month of June, 1776, into the Company, commanded by Capt James Allen, of Col. Simeon Earys Regiment, to Gen. Follons Brigade, for five months & marched to New York, where I did duty through said period of five months and was discharged at some distance from the City & the place I do not remember. And after the above service, I enlisted again into the army at S d Bridgewater, in the month of June 1777, into a Company commanded by Captain Joseph Gols of Col. Robinsons Regiment for the term of six months and marched North Kingstown in Rhode Island, and did duty there & thereabouts in that State during that term of six months and was discharged on the first day of January 1778. at Providence R. Island.
And after the above service, but I cannot tell the year at the late time, but think it was in the month of March

into the army as a Major General, on the 10th day of June 1778, into a Company commanded by Captain Joseph Sols of Col. Robinson's Regiment for the term of six months and marched to North Kingstown in Rhode Island, and did duty there & thereabouts in their state during that term of six months and was disbanded on the first day of January 1779. at Providence R. Island.
And after the above services, but I cannot tell the year at the late time, but think it was in the month of March I again enlisted into a Company commanded by Capt. Washburn of Bridgewater (the bat. I cannot remember) to go to R. Island and went with said Company on to the island of R. Island, and was stationed there and was dismissed with the company after serving a fortnight, a perhaps more, not recollecting the time precisely. The said Drake was born in the town of Easton, Massachusetts in the year 1757 where he supposes the record of his age to be. He has it also in his Bible. He lived in Bridgewater aforesaid, when he entered into the service - Since the revolutionary war, he has lived in Hebron, Houlton & Seward in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, and now lives in Seward. He never received any written discharge from either of his services.
He would state the Rev. Samuel Sewall & Calvin Bicknell Esqrs as persons of his neighborhood to whom he is known, who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution.
And said Drake further states that Solomon Shaw and Sarah Paris whose depositions he has annexed to this declaration are all the surviving witnesses to his services which he has been able to find - except to the same services which they prove
John Drake

Stephen Emery, Judge
I Joseph G. Cole Register
Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Drake for a pension.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 28 th day of August A. D. 1832.
CLEEK.
Joseph G. Lake Register

Mr. Samuel Sewall a Surgeon, residing in the town of Sumner, County of Oxford State of Maine and below thirty of said Sumner, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Dole who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy four years of age - that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion

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WIDOW, &c.
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File No. 24078
Molly Drake Widow of John Drake Pr. Mass Line
Act July 7 th 88
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

 Roles - James Allen - Carey - 96 Mermaid 5 mo Joseph Cole. Robinson 77. R.I. 1125 Centre 5.22 E. Durn 75 Roxbury 1.12  12-4 
STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that Sam. G. Brown & Stephen Emery whose genuine signatures are annexed to the foregoing Depositions of S. Sewall Josiah Paris & Solomon Shaw are sworn Justices of the Peace in and for said county of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this 30 th day of August in the year A. D. 1832 .
SK Grönman
§ Clerk of Oxford } County Courts.

We the subscribers selectmen of the town of Sumner hereby certify that we have been acquainted with Mr John Drake of Sumner for a number of years and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity and the account he may give of his being in a soldier in the revolutionary war may be depended upon as the truth Sumner July 30 A D 1832
Calvin Bisbee } selectmen Joseph Robinson ( of Sumner Elisha Bisbee (

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, October 21 st 1858.
I hereby Certify, That Philo Beach Esq. is a _____ Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth , _____ in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court, and he was so at the date of his attestation.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John D. Sleeper
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The following is a copy from the Book of Records of Marriages belonging to the Town of Bridgewater in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
April fourth seventeen hundred and eighty two John Drake and Molly Cole Married by the Rev John Porter
I certify that the above is a true copy of the Record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair, legible figures as follows "April 4th 1782"
Mitchell Smith Town Clerk I Mitchell Smith above named, do hereby certify, that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town, with the exception above named, as certified by me
Mitchell Smith Town Clerk of Bridgewater Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } October 15. 1838 Plymouth County ss. }
Sworn to before me.
Philo Lanch } Just of the Peace

State of Maine
Oxford County ss.
Be it known that on this twenty third day of July, A.D. 1832 personally appeared Solomon Shaw of Paris in the County & State aforesaid and being first duly sworn, doth on his oath depose & say, that in the month of June A.D. 1776, he enlisted as a private soldier in Capt James Allen's Company in Col. Simeon Gary's Regiment & General Fellows Brigade in the Continental Service in the Revolutionary war against Great Britain, for the term of five months. Said Company consisted of ninety five men, & all belonging to Bridgewater in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; that the said Company joined the Army at New-York, where the said term of five months was fully served; during said period, there was an engagement with the enemy on Long Island, and after that, the American Army retreated; that said deponent was discharged at the end of his term of service in the State of New-York. That John Drake, now of Sumner in the County of Oxford aforesaid, enlisted as a private soldier in the same Company, at the same time & for the same term of service with the deponent, & that said Drake served said term of five months in said company, faithfully out, & was discharged; that said Drake is about seventy five years of age, and that he, the said deponent is eighty three years of age.
Solomon Shaw
Subscribed & sworn to, by the above named Solomon Shaw the day & year first above written. And I further certify, that the said Solomon Shaw is personally well known to me, and that he sustains a fair character for truth & veracity, & is a respectable citizen before me - Stephen Emery, Justice of the Peace.

Isaac, Paris for John Drake

I Josiah Paris of Buckfield in the County of Oxford State of Maine, aged seventy two years, testify & say that I served in the American army, as a soldier in revolution war with Great Britain, for several periods, one of which was at Rhode Island in the year 1777. in the company commanded by Capt. Joseph Cole, belonging to Col. Robinson Regiment, for six months, which was fully served through. And I further say that I am well knowing to the fact that John Blake, now resident in Sumner, in said County of Oxford, did serve with me as a soldier in the same company for the same term, we being discharged together at Providence in Rhode Island.
Josiah Paris
State of Maine. County of Oxford ss.
July 21. 1832. Then the above named Josiah Paris, to me well known as a man of truth, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed before me,
Samuel F. Brown Justice of the Peace

Breckfield Me Dec 31 1838 Jan. 5. 1839 Maine 4295
7 July 1838
for Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington
H. Brown Breckfield Me

Bucksport Me Dec. 25. 1835
J. L. Edwards Esq
Commr of Pension
Sir,
I send accompanying this, the application of the widow Abby Dake for a Pension, on which, I conclude, you will grant your certificate. Please forward it to me at this place, or any other communication you may make in relation to the claim.
Yours respectfully
Samd. H. Brown

Hon. J. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Washington

We a chugger Samuel Sewall, residing in Sumner in the County of Oxford State of Maine, Calvin Bishop residing in said Sumner, Oregon, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Drake of said Sumner who has made & subscribed a declaration of his services in the revolutionary war as a soldier before the Court of Probate for said County for the purpose of obtaining a pension, pursuant to the late act of Congress of June last as we are informed - that we believe him to be 74 years of age - that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
State of Maine
Sewall
County of Oxford ss. August
30. 1832. Calvin Bishop
Then the abovenamed Samuel Sewall & Calvin Bishop, to us well known as men of high moral character, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate, by them subscribed before me
James H. Brown Justice of the Peace